A linguistic challenge

[luzula]

Guess (without searching the web) the scientific subject whence these specialist phrases come: "subgynoecial innovation" and "succubously inserted".

Comments

[feroxargentea]

Axil and bract are no problem. But succubously inserted? That just sounds...rude! O.O

[luzula]

It does kind of sound like someone penetrating a succubus. : )

Here is the actual definition.

[feroxargentea]

See, the paragraph in that link is why diagrams were invented :P

[malnpudl]

My thoughts exactly!

Then again, botany does love to go on about sex. *g*

[feroxargentea]

To be fair, it's sort of the point *g*